NRS 62A.370 Duty
of public officers and agencies to further objects of title.

NRS 62A.380 Use
of services and facilities of agencies which provide child welfare services;
duties of such agencies.

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NRS 62A.010Definitions.As
used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms
defined in NRS 62A.020 to 62A.350,
inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

1. In a judicial district that does not
include a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the chief probation
officer who is appointed pursuant to NRS
62G.050;

2. In a judicial district that includes a
county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, the director
of juvenile services who is appointed pursuant to NRS 62G.130; or

3. In a judicial district that includes a
county whose population is 700,000 or more, the director of the department of
juvenile justice services who is appointed pursuant to NRS 62G.330 or who is appointed pursuant
to NRS 62G.200 to 62G.240, inclusive.

NRS 62A.110“Evaluation center” defined.“Evaluation
center” means a facility which is approved by the Division of Public and
Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide an
evaluation of an offender to a court to determine if the offender is an abuser
of alcohol or another drug. The term includes a facility operated by a court or
other governmental agency.

NRS 62A.130“Firearm” defined.“Firearm”
means any device designed to be used as a weapon from which a projectile may be
expelled through the barrel by the force of any explosion or other form of
combustion.

NRS 62A.190“Local facility for the detention of children” defined.“Local facility for the detention of children”
means a local facility for the detention or commitment of children which is
administered by a county.

NRS 62A.220 “Minor traffic offense” defined.“Minor
traffic offense” means a violation of any state or local law or ordinance
governing the operation of a motor vehicle upon any highway within this State
other than:

1. A violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, or 706 of NRS that causes the death of a person;

NRS 62A.240“Private school” defined.“Private
school” includes private elementary and secondary educational institutions. The
term does not include a home in which instruction is provided to a child who is
excused from compulsory attendance pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 392.070 or a school or educational
program that is conducted exclusively for children who have been adjudicated
delinquent.

NRS 62A.260“Public school” defined.“Public
school” includes all kindergartens and elementary schools, junior high schools
and middle schools, high schools, charter schools and any other schools,
classes and educational programs which receive their support through public
taxation and, except for charter schools, whose textbooks and courses of study
are under the control of the State Board of Education. The term does not
include a school or educational program that is conducted exclusively for
children who have been adjudicated delinquent.

1. “Regional facility for the detention of
children” means a regional facility for the detention or commitment of children
which is administered by or for the benefit of more than one governmental
entity.

2. The term includes, but is not limited
to:

(a) The institution in Clark County known as
Spring Mountain Youth Camp;

(b) The institution in Douglas County known as
China Spring Youth Camp; and

(c) The institution in Lyon County known as
Western Nevada Regional Youth Facility.

3. The term does not include:

(a) Any local facility for the detention of
children; or

(b) The Nevada Youth Training Center, the
Caliente Youth Center or any state facility for the detention of children.

NRS 62A.300“School bus” defined.“School
bus” includes every motor vehicle owned by or under the control of a public or
governmental agency or a private school and regularly operated for the
transportation of children to or from school or a school activity or privately
owned and regularly operated for compensation for the transportation of
children to or from school or a school activity. The term does not include a
passenger car operated under a contract to transport children to and from
school, a common carrier or commercial vehicle under the jurisdiction of the
Surface Transportation Board or the Nevada Transportation Authority when such a
vehicle is operated in the regular conduct of its business in interstate or
intrastate commerce within the State of Nevada.

NRS 62A.340“Treatment facility” defined.“Treatment
facility” means a facility for the treatment of abuse of alcohol or drugs that
is certified by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department
of Health and Human Services.

(a) Each child who is subject to the jurisdiction
of the juvenile court must receive such care, guidance and control, preferably
in the child’s own home, as will be conducive to the child’s welfare and the
best interests of this State; and

(b) When a child is removed from the control of
the parent or guardian of the child, the juvenile court shall secure for the
child a level of care which is equivalent as nearly as possible to the care
that should have been given to the child by the parent or guardian.

2. One of the purposes of this title is to
promote the establishment, supervision and implementation of preventive
programs that are designed to prevent a child from becoming subject to the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

NRS 62A.370Duty of public officers and agencies to further objects of
title.Each public officer and
agency shall, to the extent of the jurisdictional power of the public officer
or agency, render all assistance and cooperation that may further the objects
of this title.

NRS 62A.380Use of services and facilities of agencies which provide child
welfare services; duties of such agencies.

1. In carrying out the objects and
purposes of this title, the juvenile court may use the services and facilities
of the agency which provides child welfare services.

2. The agency which provides child welfare
services shall determine the plans, placements and services to be provided to
any child pursuant to the provisions of this title, chapter 432 of NRS, NRS 432B.010 to 432B.400, inclusive, and 432B.4681 to 432B.469, inclusive.

3. As used in this section, “agency which
provides child welfare services” means:

(a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000,
the local office of the Division of Child and Family Services; or

(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or
more, the agency of the county,